Month: May 2023

By MUNIR AHMED and RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government called out the military Wednesday in areas roiled by deadly violence following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was dragged from a courtroom and ordered held for another eight days on new corruption charges that outraged his supporters and

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press New York City officials plan to send some asylum-seekers to an upstate hotel. That’s despite fierce resistance from suburban leaders and a judge’s order temporarily blocking the use of another hotel. Mayor Eric Adams touched off a furor north of the city by announcing last week that the city would

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a sheriff’s deputy died after being attacked in her Indianapolis home by a dog that also bit and wounded her 8-year-old son. Officials say 46-year-old Tamieka White was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday night shortly after Indianapolis police responded to her home on the city’s east side. She had

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland is reverting to using its historical name for Kaliningrad, the Russian city and administrative region that sits on its border. From now on, it will be designated on Polish maps as Krolewiec, based on the advice from the government commission for geographic names abroad. The Kremlin has reacted angrily, calling

By SEUNG MIN KIM and JOSH BOAK Associated Press VALHALLA, New York (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday blasted Republican-demanded spending cuts as “devastating,” making his case in a campaign-style speech to voters as lawmakers met in Washington on raising the government’s borrowing limit to avoid a potentially catastrophic U.S. default. The president is

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Authorities in eastern Switzerland ordered residents of the tiny village of Brienz to evacuate by Friday evening because geology experts say a mass of 2 million cubic meters of Alpine rock looming overhead could break loose and spill down in the coming weeks. Local leaders said during

By MARIA VERZA, COLLEEN LONG and MORGAN LEE Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through, marking a fundamental shift in immigration policy as the U.S.

By JOHN HANNA and MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials in Missouri’s largest city are moving to declare it a sanctuary for people seeking or providing gender-affirming care. Kansas City is poised to defy state officials intent on banning such care for minors and restricting it for adults. A City Council

DETROIT (AP) — Authorities in Detroit say a man fatally shot another customer inside a gas station and wounded two more in a dispute over a small purchase. The shooting occurred last weekend when the clerk locked the door. Samuel McCray was charged with murder and attempted murder Wednesday. The prosecutor’s office says McCray tried

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health advisers said Wednesday that a decades-old birth control pill should be sold without a prescription, paving the way for a likely U.S. approval of the first over-the-counter contraceptive medication. The panel of FDA advisers voted unanimously in favor of drugmaker Perrigo’s request to sell

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has given final approval for a Chinese company to take a significant minority stake in the operator of a container terminal at the Hamburg port. The deal was crafted following concerns that a larger buy-in might pose a national security risk. The government said on Wednesday that it would abide by

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House next month. Biden is aiming to court an Indo-Pacific leader with whom he’s sought stronger ties at a time when the United States looks to blunt China’s growing assertiveness in

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s Republican governor has signed abortion and gender affirming shield bills into law that are the first in the country to include protecting access to a medication widely used in abortions even if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdraws its approval of the pill, mifepristone. The legislation protects providers